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Adolphe Quetelet
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Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist (1796-1874)
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Adolphe Quetelet was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, physicist, and criminologist. Born in Ghent in 1796, he was educated at Ghent University, the Paris Observatory, and PSL University. He served as a director and worked in the field of mathematics. His doctoral student was Joseph Plateau, and he was influenced by Joseph Fourier. Quetelet wrote in French and was native to the language.
He was a member of the Royal Society, the Academy of Science for Public Utility, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He received awards including Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His notable works include *Notice sur Martin van Marum*, *Recherches statistiques sur le royaume des Pays-Bas*, *Tables de mortalité et leur développement*, *Observations des phénomènes périodiques*, and *Sur la statistique morale et les principes qui doivent en former la base*. He died in Brussels in 1874 and is buried in Brussels Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1796
- Died
- 1874
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Notice sur Martin van Marum
- Recherches statistiques sur le royaume des Pays-Bas
- Tables de mortalité et leur développement
- Observations des phénomènes périodiques
- Sur la statistique morale et les principes qui doivent en former la base
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Key facts
- Born
- Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet , ( 1796-02-22 ) 22 February 1796, Ghent , French Republic , (now Ghent, Belgium )
- Died
- 17 February 1874 (1874-02-17) (aged 77), Brussels , Belgium
- Alma mater
- University of Ghent
- Known for
- Contributions to social physics
- Fields
- Astronomy mathematics statistics sociology
- Institutions
- Brussels Observatory
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jacques
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Ghent
- Place of death
- Brussels
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- director
- Educated at
- Paris Observatory, PSL University
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Image
- Adolphe Quételet by Joseph-Arnold Demannez.jpg
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- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
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- Adolphe Quetelet
- date of birth
- 1796-02-22
- date of death
- 1874-02-17
- Commons Creator page
- Adolphe Quetelet
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- place of burial
- Brussels Cemetery
- writing language
- French
- influenced by
- Joseph Fourier
- partner in business or sport
- Germinal Pierre Dandelin
- student
- Pierre François Verhulst
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- WikiProject Mathematics
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- birth name
- Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet
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Encyclopedic overview
Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet ( French: [kətlɛ] ; 22 February 1796 – 17 February 1874) was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician, and sociologist who founded and directed the Brussels Observatory and was influential in introducing statistical methods to the social sciences. His name is sometimes spelled with an accent as Quételet.
He also founded the science of anthropometry and developed the body mass index (BMI) scale, originally called the Quetelet Index. His work on measuring human characteristic to determine the ideal l'homme moyen ("the average man"), played a key role in the origins of eugenics.
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